An Angler's Guide To
Fishing The World's Trophy Hot Spots
Fishing Mobile Bay Alabama
Mobile Bay, Alabama
This major delta empties into the Gulf of Mexico and is one of the finest fishing grounds of the gulf region. Upstream, the Blakeley River holds IGFA line class records for Alligator Gar.
Spotted sea trout can be found in creeks and rivers that empty into Mobil Bay in the winter season. Trophy bull redfish readily take fresh shrimp or glass minnows imitations throughout the bay in winter months as well.
In the words of David Armstrong, District V Fisheries Biologist, Spanish Fort, Alabama, "Estuarine habitats or "estuaries" occur where fresh waters from rivers and streams meet and mix with salt waters from the ocean. In Alabama, estuaries occur primarily at the mouth of the Mobile River basin where salty Gulf of Mexico waters meet fresher Mobile Delta waters in Mobile Bay. The Mobile Delta is formed where the Alabama and Tombigbee Rivers join to create the Mobile River that braids out into many smaller rivers like the Tensaw, Middle, Apalachee, and Blakeley Rivers. These freshwater delta rivers constantly flow into Mobile Bay, which is the deeper, open-water portion of this estuary that divides Mobile and Baldwin Counties. Waters that flow through Mobile Bay and the Delta are constantly changing because tidal flows influence the amount of mixing of fresh river water with salty bay water. Weather patterns further influence the temperature and salinity of estuarine waters during the changing seasons of the year. Thus, daily tidal flows combined with changing weather patterns are responsible for fluctuations in water conditions in an estuary and this has a significant impact on the abundance of fish species. " Extract in quotes taken from Outdoor Alabama
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